2024-10-25T10:58:37-05:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 521043013 LINDEN HILL UNITED METHODIST CEMETERY CORP LIND 7188216480 323 Woodward Ave Ridgewood NY 11385 Jessica Ellis Treasurer 2128703083 2024-10-25 0 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Jessica Ellis 475 Riverside Dr Rm 1922 New York NY 10115 12614301 0 X lindenhillumcemeteryny.com X 1975 NY Activities are the operations of a cemetery, including the burial of deceased human beings. 12 8 11 12 0 0 190000 191780 1081071 1139907 398405 3419558 0 0 1669476 4751245 0 0 0 0 1255378 1402527 0 0 0 649577 733479 1904955 2136006 -235479 2615239 23878970 25984436 550810 528008 23328160 25456428 X Linden Hill United Methodist Cemetery Corp. (LHC) located in Ridgewood, Queens, New York, is a nonsectarian not-for-profit membership corporation and is a regulated cemetery corporation under the New York State Cemetery Law. Its mission is to sell lots, graves including cremation graves, and other space to the general public for the purpose of burial of the human dead and to maintain the grounds of those buried. All services provided are cemetery related which includes internments, general maintenance, special endowed care and installation of foundations on which to place gravestone. 0 0 1326268 1117195 The Cemetery was organized in 1842 as a non-sectarian cemetery belonging to the Second Street Methodist Episcopal Church. The cemetery is located in Ridgewood, Queens, New York, and covers 25 acres of rolling hills and gently sloping meadows. The Cemetery is the final resting place of more than 30,000 people. It offers a selection of burial options, including family lots (two graves and up), single graves that accommodate up to three internments when possible, columbariums that accommodate cremains for two, an additional single niche columbarium that accommodates cremains for one person, and private family mausoleums. 1326268 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 12 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 X The United Methodist City Society 2128703084 475 Riverside Dr Rm 1922 New York NY 10115 X Scott Porter - left Jan 2024 Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 G Morris Gurley - deceased May 2024 Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kenneth Jordan President 5.00 X X 0 0 0 Bishop Thomas JBickerton Corporate Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Lucy Porter - Left Jan 2024 Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Elizabeth Abel Corporate Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jessica Ellis Treasurer 10.00 X X 0 0 0 Magaly Beltre Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Simeon Law Corporate Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Rev Angela M Redman Board Member 5.00 X 0 0 0 Laura Keppis Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sheila Beckford board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Charles Lauber Superintendent 40.00 X 130267 0 44079 Nicholas Virtuoso Foreman 40.00 X 115249 0 38172 245516 0 82251 2 0 1 0 0 191780 191780 Income from operations 900099 1139907 1139907 1139907 340799 340799 10941815 7840344 22712 3101471 -22712 3078759 -22712 3101471 4751245 1117195 0 3442270 871679 50262 409391 71195 120062 31250 97122 16154 7767 5291 44728 1007 10155 195483 45318 Grounds Upkeep/Maint. 45522 Equipment upkeep/maint. 34535 Other Repairs and Maint 31210 Security Services 22376 25499 2136006 58003 113861 533713 818577 12000 12200 27790 29939 3754971 1901146 1932602 1853825 21314862 23156034 23878970 25984436 90461 112477 460349 415531 550810 528008 X 22264936 24393204 1063224 1063224 23328160 25456428 23878970 25984436 2615239 -486971 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 16370690 191790 2257246 894792 17924934 19911888 190000 -2899548 831650 16370690 16919431 228610 3501437 737590 19911888 15160968 223240 2213923 678700 16919431 12632615 246440 2914324 632411 15160968 0.94000 0.06000 0 0 750000 750000 2006370 1432225 574145 409570 148724 260846 444481 218088 226393 144550 102109 42441 1853825 Pensiom Withdrawal Liability 415531 415531 X 4167152 -486971 -486971 4654123 97122 97122 4751245 2038884 0 2038884 97122 97122 2136006 Part V, Line 4: The Perpetual Care Fund contains funds from which the income is to be used for the Perpetual Care of the Graves at the Cemetery. Part X, Line 2: Per the footnote of the financial statement: "The Cemetery recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if those positions are more likely than not to be sustained. Management has determined that the Cemetery had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition or disclosure." X 1 0 X 0 0 0 Charles Lauber Superintendent 130267 0 0 0 0 0 11631 0 32448 0 174346 0 0 0 Nicholas Virtuoso Foreman 115249 0 0 0 0 0 5724 0 32448 0 153421 0 0 0 Part I, Line 1a The Superintendent is provided with accomadation on the property for him and his family. Part I, Line 3 The Personnel Committee recommends to the Board who approves the compensation on an annual basis. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 2 Two board members are married to each other. Two board members work at the same organization, as Officers. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 There are 3 corporate members of the corporation who elect the Board of Directors to do the general management of the Cemetery. There are currently 7 members of the Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a The corporate members of Linden Hill Cemetery elect the Board of Directors. The General management of the affairs of the corporation are vested in the Board of Directors. The Board shall have full power and it shall be the Board's duty to carry out the purposes of the corporation according to its certificate of incorporation and by-laws. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b LHC has established the following review process to ensure that the information reported is complete and accurate. When the form 990 has been prepared, reviewed by management and the Finance/Audit Committee and is ready to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service, it is submitted electronically to members of the organization's governing body for any comments prior to its submission. The governing body is provided a minimum one week to review the prepared form 990 and provide their comments. Any comments are then grouped, summarized, and provided to the Finance/Audit Committee who oversees filing the return after their review. Each issue is documented and addressed until the return is finalized and approved for filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c The LHC currently has in place a conflict-of-interest policy which it annually monitors and enforces. If a potential or actual conflict of interest exists, the Finance/Audit committee will notify members of the governing body about such conflict and investigates the conflict. If the Finance/Audit Committee established that an actual conflict exists, the member of the governing body will be notified immediately and will not be allowed to vote or be a part of any decisions about such transactions that have to do with the conflict until such time there is no longer a conflict. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 None of the governing body or the board of directors are paid for their services. However, the cemetery has a Personnel Committee which reviews all salaries each year in addition to a written union agreement whcih covers the Cemetery Maintainers at the Cemetery. The Personnel Committee is responsible for negotiating with the Union and bringing to the Board for approval the final version of the Union Contract. Each year the Personnel Committee meets and decides on the compensation of the Superintendent, Foreman and two office workers. The Committee looks over the government data on the cost of living, and upon recommendations from the Superintendent approves any merit increases Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 18 The organizations's form 990 is available upon request in writing address to the office of the United Methodist City Society, 475 Riverside Dr., Rm. 1922, New York, NY 10115 tel. #212-870-3084. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request in writing to the office of the United Methodist City Society, 475 Riverside Dr., Rm. 1922, New York, NY 10115. New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church 20 Soundview Ave White Plains NY 10606 141422524 To make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world NY 501(c)(3) Line 1 The United Methodist Church 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0